Definition of "sorting" []

• Present participle of sort. (verb)
• Ordering (noun)
• Categorizing (noun)

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• "They know who the socks belong to so they can help in sorting the washing."
• "OtherAl had read the rulebook more recently than I had, and was a great help to me in sorting out the new rules."
• "She also stressed the need to step up the modernisation programme to bring in sorting machines to make the company more efficient, which could be funded after privatisation."